ACTS 17:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.”
For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed — He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead — The proclamation of judgment through Christ hinges on the resurrection: anastasis (raising up) becomes the validating proof (pistis, proof or assurance) of eschatological judgment. Resurrection is not merely personal hope but cosmic legal evidence.
Church Fathers on Acts 17:31
Because He has appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He has ordained; whereof He has given assurance unto all men, in that He has raised Him from the dead. Acts 17:31 But let us look over again what has been said. (Recapitulation.) (b) And while Paul waited, etc. Acts 17:16 It is providentially ordered that against his will he stays there, while waiting for those others. (a) His spirit, it says, within him παρωξύνετο . It…
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